Final Nielsen Ratings From Recent Sports Telecasts

The charts below lists final Nielsen ratings from recent sports telecasts. All ratings listed are U.S. ratings (THE DAILY).

TELECAST

DATE

NET

TIME (ET)

RAT.

NFC Divisional Playoffs: Giants-Packers

1/15

Fox

4:30-8:00pm

25.3

NFC Divisional Playoffs: Saints-49ers

1/14

Fox

4:30-8:00pm

20.5

AFC Divisional Playoffs: Texans-Ravens

1/15

CBS

1:00-4:30pm

19.3

AFC Divisional Playoffs: Patriots-Broncos

1/14

CBS

8:17-11:26pm

18.5

NCAA Basketball: Indiana-Ohio State

1/15

CBS

4:35-6:34pm

1.9

NHL: Blackhawks-Red Wings

1/14

NBC

12:30-3:09pm

0.9

Purina Incredible Dog Challenge (taped)

1/14

NBC

5:06-6:00pm

0.9

U.S. Olympic Trials: Marathon (taped)

1/14

NBC

3:09-5:06pm

0.8

Figure Skating: "Improv Ice Starring Styx" (taped)

1/15

NBC

4:00-6:00pm

0.7

Mexico soccer: Club America-Toluca

1/15

Univ.

4:55-7:00pm

0.6

NCAA Basketball: Oregon-Arizona

1/14

CBS

3:30-6:00pm

0.5

Mexico soccer: UNAM-Monarcas

1/15

Univ.

12:55-3:00pm

0.4

TELECAST

DATE

NET

TIME (ET)

RAT.

VIEWERS (000)

BCS Nat'l Championship:
Alabama-LSU

1/9

ESPN

8:30-11:24pm

14.0

24,214

NBA: Heat-Clippers

1/11

ESPN

10:43pm-1:48am

2.4

3,469

NBA: Heat-Nuggets

1/13

ESPN

10:38pm-1:13am

1.7

2,748

NBA: Bulls-Celtics

1/13

ESPN

8:00-10:38pm

1.7

2,461

NBA: Mavericks-Celtics

1/11

ESPN

8:06-10:43pm

1.7

2,450

NCAA Basketball:
Kentucky-Tennessee

1/14

ESPN

12:00-2:12pm

1.7

2,345

"College GameDay"

1/9

ESPN

6:00-7:50pm

1.6

2,326

"NFL Countdown"

1/15

ESPN

10:00am-1:00pm

1.7

2,308

NCAA Basketball:
North Carolina-Florida State

1/14

ESPN

2:12-4:16pm

1.5

2,068

"NFL Countdown"

1/14

ESPN

10:00am-12:00pm

1.3

1,805

NOTES: NBA TV averaged 756,000 viewers for the Lakers-Clippers game Jan. 14, marking the net’s most-viewed regular-season telecast ever. The previous record was 722,000 viewers set on Dec. 30 this season for a Bulls-Clippers matchup. Through Jan. 17, the net is averaging 383,000 viewers for its game telecasts, up 68% compared to the same period at the start of last season (THE DAILY)….The Patriots-Broncos AFC Divisional game last Saturday night earned a 44.4 local rating on WBZ-CBS in Boston, marking the third-best local rating for a Patriots Divisional Playoff game. The top rating remains the last year's Jets-Patriots matchup, which earned a 47.9 rating (Patriots)….NBC Sports Network averaged a 4.6 local rating in St. Louis for Monday’s Stars-Blues matchup. That figure is “an increase of 73 percent from what the Blues generated last season, on average, on Versus” (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 1/20).